Community suitability of Chalatenango, El Salvador
Moderately suitable confidence B · live score 71
82
best land · p90
96%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Legal & sovereignty 52
Governance, safety & tenure 47
Economy & cost 94
Society, freedom & health 77
Land & water 70
Climate, growing & hazards 82
Autonomy & access 90
Where it pushes back
Land tenure securityWater availability & qualityGovernance & corruption
Within Chalatenango — 33 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
La Palma
strongest Autonomy & access (95) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 74
La Reina
strongest Autonomy & access (98) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 74
San Ignacio
strongest Economy & cost (94) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
San Fernando
strongest Economy & cost (94) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
San Francisco Morazan
strongest Economy & cost (94) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (47)
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 73
Tejutla
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
San Rafael
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 73
Nueva Concepcion
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Agua Caliente
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Citala
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
El Paraiso
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 72
Dulce Nombre De Maria
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 71
Santa Rita
pushes back: Land tenure security
Moderately suitable 71
Comalapa
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 71
Concepcion Quezaltepeque
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Azacualpa
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 70
Chalatenango
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
Las Vueltas
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
San Miguel De Mercedes
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
El Carrizal
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
La Laguna
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 69
Ojos De Agua
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 68
San Isidro Labrador
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 68
Cancasque
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 68
Potonico
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 68
San Antonio Los Ranchos
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 68
San Luis Del Carmen
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 68
San Francisco Lempa
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 68
Las Flores
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 68
Nueva Trinidad
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 67
San Antonio De La Cruz
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 67
Nombre De Jesus
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 67
Arcatao
pushes back: Water availability & quality
Moderately suitable 66
Reading the land, criterion by criterion
Each signal names the open dataset behind it and how measured it is.
Legal entity & land frameworkcountry B OECD FDI RRI + manual
Education & schooling freedomcountry B HSLDA + UNESCO UIS
Seed & agricultural autonomycountry C UPOV membership proxy
Governance & corruptioncountry A World Bank WGI + Transparency CPI
Land tenure securitycountry A IPRI (de jure) + Prindex (de facto)
Business & economic viabilitycountry A World Bank B-READY, Heritage, Fraser
Cost of living, labour & landcountry A World Bank PPP, ILOSTAT
Monetary & capital sovereigntycountry A IMF/World Bank, Chinn-Ito
Personal freedomcountry A Cato/Fraser Human Freedom Index
Healthcare qualitycountry B WHO GHO
Disease / vector burden A Malaria Atlas + dengue Index P
Soil quality A SoilGrids (ISRIC)
Water availability & quality A WRI Aqueduct + AQUASTAT
Terrain & buildability A SRTM / NASADEM
Land cover & degradation A ESA WorldCover + Global Forest Watch
Biodiversity & alignment B Biodiversity Intactness Index
Climate & natural hazards A ThinkHazard + NASA FIRMS + USGS
Growing conditions A CHELSA / FAO GAEZ
Food & forage diversity B FAO GAEZ crop suitability + GLW
Coastal risk B Climate Central CoastalDEM
Energy potential A Global Solar Atlas + Global Wind Atlas
Natural building materials B SoilGrids clay + forest + geology
Environmental quality A SEDAC PM2.5 + VIIRS night-lights
Connectivity A Ookla + ITU (+ Starlink)
Accessibility A Malaria Atlas friction surface
Remoteness / surroundings A GPWv4 population density
Contamination legacy C Maus mining polygons + WRI power plants
Phase-1 desk screening
These are desk numbers from open data. Soil tests, water rights and the welcome of actual neighbours all wait for a visit — we'd rather say so than pretend.
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